He glanced at the smug-looking girl, but Tamura Hiroshi paid her little attention and looked seriously at Karura.
"Just this isn't enough to convince me."
From what he'd said, Uzumaki Kushina was clearly just there to make up the numbers. After all, she was still learning Sealing Technique, and it would be years before she could develop anything herself.
As if she'd expected Tamura Hiroshi to say that, Karura calmly explained, "The Second Kazekage once researched Human Puppets. They were the pinnacle of Puppet Technique: puppets made from human bodies that retained their former chakra and could use ninjutsu.
"Ordinary puppets need high-level Chakra Threads to operate. Even for a ninja, mastering them is no easy feat.
"Legs are one thing, but hands are far more flexible and much harder to control. Ordinary puppets aren't enough to restore the same dexterity as a person's original hands.
"Human Puppets are essential. That will require a great deal of research and experimentation."
"Human Puppets?"
Tamura Hiroshi fell into thought. Human Puppets undoubtedly had a lot of potential. Sasori of the Red Sands had made his name with them in the future.
But Human Puppets had their limitations: their abilities couldn't surpass those they'd had in life.
Just look at the Human Puppets Sasori of the Red Sands had tinkered with. They were nothing but cannon fodder.
Besides, Karura wasn't a Puppet Master herself. She'd only dabbled, and was just a beginner. On top of that, she was kindhearted. Even if she forced herself to do the research, she might not get anywhere.
After thinking it over, he said, "I can request a complete corpse of a Kaguya Clan ninja from the village for you. Develop the Human Puppet secret technique as soon as you can, then turn the corpse into a Human